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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2019
Applicant:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventor:
Ryan Eugene Whitaker, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/033 (2013.01); G06F 3/0354 (2013.01); H01H 21/22 (2006.01); A63F 13/24 (2014.01); A63F 13/23 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0354 (2013.01); A63F 13/24 (2014.09); H01H 21/22 (2013.01); A63F 13/23 (2014.09); A63F 2300/1025 (2013.01); A63F 2300/1043 (2013.01); H01H 2231/008 (2013.01);
Abstract
A direction control pad includes a body with a top side. The top side includes a center surface with a plurality of cardinal surfaces oriented at an angle to the center surface and a plurality of diagonal surface oriented at an angle to the center surface. The cardinal surfaces are recessed below the cardinal surfaces. Each of the cardinal surfaces connect to the center surface at a discontinuity.